The Atlantic Cup (football)

The Atlantic Cup is a pre/mid season football tournament held in Algarve, Portugal for European football clubs from national leagues which do not operate in the winter months. It therefore consists mainly of teams from Scandinavia, Northern and Central Europe.[1][2]

The Atlantic Cup
Founded2011
RegionEurope (UEFA)
Number of teams8–9
Current champions Aarhus GF (2nd title)
Websitetheatlanticcup.co.uk

It was founded in 2011 by former Arsenal, Benfica and Sweden midfielder, Stefan Schwarz and ex-Millwall goalkeeper Brian Horne.[3][4]

Television coverage was originally provided by Eurosport and Eurosport 2.

Winners
Year Winner Runner-up
2011 IF Elfsborg Odense BK
2012 FC Midtjylland GNK Dinamo Zagreb
2013 SK Rapid Wien Silkeborg IF
2014 F.C. Copenhagen Örebro SK
2015 FC Dynamo Moscow Örebro SK
2016 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Örebro SK
2017 HNK Rijeka FK Jablonec
2018 AGF Aarhus FK Jablonec
2019 FC Red Bull Salzburg FK Jablonec
2020 AGF Aarhus F.C. Copenhagen

Editions

2011 edition

This was the first edition of The Atlantic Cup, contested by two Danish and two Swedish teams. IF Elfsborg won the competition.[5][6][7][8]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 IF Elfsborg 321063+37
2 Odense BK 312054+15
3 Helsingborgs IF 31114404
4 Brøndby IF 300337-40
 ELFODEHELBRO
IF Elfsborg – 1–1 3–1 2–1
Odense BK – – – –
Helsingborgs IF – 1–1 – –
Brøndby IF – 2–3 0–2 –

2012 edition

This was the second edition, contested by six teams from five countries.[9] FC Midtjylland won the competition beating Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 in the final.[10][11][12][13]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dinamo Zagreb 321052+37
2 FC Midtjylland 321064+27
3 Wisla Krakow 320153+26
4 Odense BK 310235-23
5 Rapid Wien 301235-21
6 Helsingborgs IF 301214-31
 DINMIDWISODERAPHEL
Dinamo Zagreb – 1–1 – 3–1 – –
FC Midtjylland – – 3–2 – – –
Wisla Krakow – – – 1–0 – –
Odense BK – – – – – –
Rapid Wien – 1–2 – 1–2 – –
Helsingborgs IF 0–1 – 0–2 – 1–1 –

Final
Dinamo Zagreb 0–1 FC Midtjylland

2013 edition

This was the third edition, contested by three teams.[14] S.C. Farense and SV Mattersburg also played but theirs matches were not taken account to the final standings.[15] Rapid Wien won the competition.[16]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rapid Wien 220031+26
2 Silkeborg IF 210154+13
3 Skënderbeu Korçë 200225-30
 RAPSILSKEFARMAT
Rapid Wien – 2–1 1–0 – –
Silkeborg IF – – – – –
KF Skënderbeu Korçë – 2–4 – – 0–4
S.C. Farense 0–0 – – – –
SV Mattersburg – 1–1 – – –

2014 edition

This was the fourth edition of, contested by 8 teams from 6 countries.[1][17][18] Television coverage was provided by Eurosport and Eurosport 2. The Danish team F.C. Copenhagen won the tournament, finishing the competition only with victories and without conceding a goal.[19][20] The Swedish team Örebro SK finished in second place, also with victories only, but with a lower goal-difference than F.C. Copenhagen.

Participating teams

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 F.C. Copenhagen 3300110+119
2 Örebro SK 330082+69
3 FC Spartak Moscow 320157-26
4 Breiðablik UBK 311134-15
5 SV Mattersburg 311165+14
6 FC Slovan Liberec 310227-53
7 FC Midtjylland 300336-30
8 FH Hafnarfjarðar 3003411-70

Matches
4 February 2014 Breiðablik UBK 1–1
(4–3 p)		 SV Mattersburg Estádio Albufeira, Albufeira
19:45 (GMT) Lýðsson  23' (pen.) Höller  49'
Penalties
Gíslason
Halsman
Muminovic
Eyjólfsson 		Malić
Klemen
Prietl
5 February 2014 Örebro SK 4–1 FH Hafnarfjarðar Estádio Algarve, Faro
16:00 (GMT) A. Yasin  20'
Shpëtim Hasani  29'
Samuel Mensah  82'
A. Kamara  85' (pen)		 Davíð Þór Viðarsson  44'
5 February 2014 FC Slovan Liberec 2–1 FC Midtjylland Estádio Algarve, Faro
19:45 (GMT) Yevhen Budnik  34'
Kevin Luckassen  59'		 André Rømer  74'
7 February 2014 Breiðablik UBK 2–1 FC Midtjylland Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
16:00 (GMT) Árni Vilhjálmsson  50'
Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson  59'		 Paul Onuachu  52'
7 February 2014 F.C. Copenhagen 4–0 FC Slovan Liberec Estádio Algarve, Faro
19:45 (GMT) Andreas Cornelius  31', 39' (66)
Y. Felfel  86'
8 February 2014 Örebro SK 2–1 SV Mattersburg Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
16:00 (GMT) Karl Holmberg  5'
Emil Berger  81'		 Goals Alexander Taschner  13'
9 February 2014 FH Hafnarfjarðar 1–3 FC Spartak Moscow Estádio Albufeira, Albufeira
19:45 (GMT) Atli Guðnason  10' Vladimir Obukhov  27'
Denis Davydov  28'
Lucas Barrios  87'
10 February 2014 FC Slovan Liberec 0–2 Örebro SK Estádio Albufeira, Albufeira
16:00 (GMT) Daniel Gustavsson  12'
Erik Moberg  24'
10 February 2014 F.C. Copenhagen 2–0 Breiðablik UBK Estádio Algarve, Faro
19:45 (GMT) Daniel Braaten  10'
Danny Amankwaa 50'
11 February 2014 SV Mattersburg 4–2 FH Hafnarfjarðar Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
16:00 (GMT) Ingo Klemen  7', 28', 46'
Markus Pink  79'		 A. Björnsson  34'
I.N. Óskarsson  35'
11 February 2014 FC Midtjylland 1–2 FC Spartak Moscow Estádio Algarve, Faro
19:45 (GMT) Patrick Banggaard  15' Lucas Barrios  48' (72)
13 February 2014 FC Spartak Moscow 0–5 F.C. Copenhagen Estádio Algarve, Faro
16:00 (GMT) Rúrik Gíslason  15'
Igor Vetokele  16'
Pierre Bengtsson  20'
Artyom Timofeyev  33' (o.g.)
Christoffer Remmer  82'

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 FC Dynamo Moscow 220041+36
2 IFK Göteborg 210133+03
3 Baumit Jablonec 210133+03
4 Copenhagen 200214-30
30 January 2015 FC Dynamo Moscow 2–1 Copenhagen Estádio Algarve, Faro
22:00 Valbuena  40'
Yusupov  77'		 report Delaney  30'
1 February 2015 IFK Göteborg 3–1 Baumit Jablonec Estádio Algarve, Faro
16:30 Vibe  9' 35'
Boman  11'		 Report Kopic  58'
4 February 2015 FC Dynamo Moscow 2–0 IFK Göteborg Estádio Algarve, Faro
16:30 Büttner  54'
Kuranyi  90'		 Report
4 February 2015 Baumit Jablonec 2–0 Copenhagen Estádio Algarve, Faro
20:00 Crnkič  45'
Šabala  58'		 Report

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W– D L+ L GF GA GD Pts
1 Örebro SK 21100032+15
2 Brøndby IF 21000121+13
3 Mladá Boleslav 21000112–13
4 FC Midtjylland 20001112–11
31 January 2015 FC Midtjylland 1–1
(3–4 p)		 Örebro SK Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
14:00 Rasmussen  9' Report Gustavsson  88'
Penalties
Sisto
Lauridsen
Andersson
Poulsen
Bak Nielsen
J. Larsen 		Wiktorsson
Moberg
Gustavsson
Haginge
Kamara
Åhman Persson
31 January 2015 Brøndby IF 2–0 Mladá Boleslav Estádio Algarve, Faro
20:00 Dumić  54'
Elmander  55'		 Report
3 February 2015 Örebro SK 2–1 Brøndby IF Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
15:00 Sebastian Ring  13'
Holmberg  58'		 Report Friðjónsson  20'
3 February 2015 Mladá Boleslav 1–0 FC Midtjylland Estádio Algarve, Faro
20:00 Vacek  24' Report

Finals
7 February 2015 Copenhagen 4–2 Mladá Boleslav Estádio Municipal de Albufeira, Albufeira
11:00 Augustinsson  8'
Toutouh  31'
Amankwaa  34'
Cornelius  44'		 Report Magera  6'
Skalák  67'
7 February 2015 Baumit Jablonec 1–1 FC Midtjylland Estádio Algarve, Faro
17:30
7 February 2015 IFK Göteborg 0–1 Brøndby IF Estádio Municipal de Albufeira, Albufeira
21:00

Tournament Final
7 February 2015 Örebro SK 0–1 FC Dynamo Moscow Estádio Algarve, Faro
14:30 Report Dzsudzsák  75'

2016 edition

The 2016 edition was disputed in the same format of 2015 Atlantic Cup.[21] The winner of Group A (FK Jablonec) didn't contest the final due to the schedule of its flight back home. They were replaced in the final by Group A runner-up, Örebro SK.[22] FC Zenit Saint Petersburg won the competition after penalty-shootout.[23]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W W– L+ L GF GA GD Pts
1 Jablonec 2200041+36
2 Örebro SK 2100111+03
3 AGF Aarhus 2100112-13
4 Kalmar FF 2000213-20
 JABOREAARKAL
Jablonec – – – 2–1
Örebro – – 0–1 –
AGF Aarhus 0–2 – – –
Kalmar – 0–1 – –

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W– L+ L GF GA GD Pts
1 Zenit Saint Petersburg 2200052+36
2 Lokomotiv Moscow 2011011+03
3 IFK Norrköping 2010134-12
4 Brøndby IF 2001102-21
 ZENLOKNORBRO
Zenit Saint Petersburg – – – 2–0
Lokomotiv Moscow – – 1–1 (4–6 p) –
Norrköping 2–3 – – –
Brøndby – 0–0 (2–3 p) – –

Finals
7th
Kalmar
1–2
 Brøndby
5th
Jablonec
3–2
 Norrköping
3rd
AGF Aarhus
2–1
 Lokomotiv Moscow
1st
Örebro
1–1 (4–5 p)
 Zenit Saint Petersburg

2017 edition

The 2017 edition was disputed in the same format as 2016 Atlantic Cup was.[24]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W W– L+ L GF GA GD Pts
1 Jablonec 2110042+25
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 2101052+34
3 Örebro 2100112–13
4 AaB 2000204–40
 JABSHAÖREAAB
Jablonec – – 2–0 –
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–2 (4–5 p) – – –
Örebro – – – 1–0
AaB – 0–3 – –

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W– L+ L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rijeka 2200040+46
2 Debrecen 2100121+13
3 Djurgårdens IF 210011103
4 AGF 2000205–50
 RIJDEBDJUAGF
Rijeka – – – 3–0
Debrecen – – 0–1 –
Djurgårdens IF 0–1 – – –
AGF – 0–2 – –

Finals
7th
AaB Aalborg
0–0 (1–4 p)
 Djurgården
5th
AGF Aarhus
1–1
 Örebro
3rd
Shakhtar
2–1
 Debrecen
1st
Rijeka
3–0
 Jablonec

2018 edition

The 2018 edition was disputed in the same format as 2017 Atlantic Cup.[25]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W W– L+ L GF GA GD Pts
1 AGF 2200041+36
2 Norrköping 201102203
3 Rijeka 2010123-12
4 Beijing Sinobo Guoan 2001113-21
29 January 2018 AGF 2–1 Rijeka Estádio Algarve, Algarve
16:00 GMT Sana  45+1' (pen.)
Pedersen  55'		 Ristovski  73'
29 January 2018 Norrköping 1–1
(4–2 p)		 Beijing Sinobo Guoan Estádio Algarve, Algarve
20:00 GMT Larsson  27' Bakambu  25' Referee: Fábio Piló (Portugal)
Penalties
Holmberg
Gerson
Wahlqvist
Jakobsen 		Liu Guobo
Zhang Yu
Wang Ziming
Zhu Chaoqing
2 February 2018 Rijeka 1–1
(5–3 p)		 Norrköping Estádio Bela Vista, Parchal
16:00 GMT Gerson  69' (o.g.) Jakobsen  3'
Penalties
Puljić
Dangubić
Zuta
Ristovski
Escoval 		Gerson
Larsson
Jakobsen
Karlsson
2 February 2018 Beijing Sinobo Guoan 0–2 AGF Estádio Bela Vista, Parchal
20:00 GMT Pušić  77'
Bundu  86'		 Referee: André Narciso (Portugal)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W– L+ L GF GA GD Pts
1 Jablonec 2110032+15
2 Shamrock Rovers 202000004
3 Dalkurd 200201102
4 Hammarby 2001112-11
30 January 2018 Jablonec 2–1 Hammarby Estádio Bela Vista, Parchal
16:00 GMT Chramosta  1', 3' Bengtsson  65'
30 January 2018 Shamrock Rovers 0–0
(6–5 p)		 Dalkurd Estádio Bela Vista, Parchal
20:00 GMT
Penalties
Gary Shaw





Boyle
Dan Cleary 		Amin
Stadler
Miljević
Awad
Moënza
Ranđelović
Rashidi
DeJohn
3 February 2018 Dalkurd 1–1
(4–5 p)		 Jablonec Estádio Algarve, Algarve
16:00 GMT Bnou Marzouk  7' Piroch  60'
3 February 2018 Hammarby 0–0
(2–4 p)		 Shamrock Rovers Estádio Algarve, Algarve
20:00 GMT

Finals

Due to Rijeka's domestic schedule commitments, they have departed Portugal early and will be replaced by Stade Nyonnais, an invitational team. As per tournament rules and regulations, they will play in the 7th/8th place play-off match.[26]

6 February 2018 7th/8th place play-off Stade Nyonnais 1–2 Hammarby Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
16:00 GMT
5 February 2018 5th/6th place play-off Beijing Sinobo Guoan 1–3 Dalkurd Estádio Bela Vista, Parchal
14:00 GMT Soriano  11' (pen.) Berg  7'
DeJohn  26'
Bnou-Marzouk  32'		 Referee: André Narciso (Portugal)
6 February 2018 3rd/4th place play-off Norrköping 2–1 Shamrock Rovers Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
12:00 GMT
5 February 2018 Tournament Final AGF 1–1
(5-4 p)		 Jablonec Estádio Algarve, Algarve
20:00 GMT

2019 edition

Nine teams from 7 countries participated in the 2019 edition.[27][28]

Pos Team Pld W W– L+ L GF GA GD Pts
1 Red Bull Salzburg 2200030+36
2 Jablonec 2110021+15
3 Norrköping 2101052+34
4 Slavia Prague 2100121+13
5 AGF 2100133+03
6 Farense 2011022+03
7 Beijing Sinobo Guoan 2010113-22
8 SV Mattersburg 2001125-31
9 Rosenborg 2000225-30


25 January 2019 Farense 1–1
(5–6 p)		 Jablonec Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
16:00 GMT
Penalties
D. Moura
P. Kadri
Alan Júnior
Pedro Simões
Jorge Ribeiro
Fábio Nunes
Delmiro 		Kubista
Sobol
Považanec
Fábry
Ikaunieks
Hovorka
Břečka
27 January 2019 Slavia Prague 0–1 Red Bull Salzburg Estádio Municipal de Albufeira, Albufeira
16:00 GMT
28 January 2019 Jablonec 1–0 AGF Estádio Municipal de Albufeira, Albufeira
19:00 GMT
30 January 2019 Beijing Sinobo Guoan 1–1
(3–1 p)		 SV Mattersburg Estádio Municipal de Albufeira, Albufeira
15:00 GMT
1 February 2019 Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 Beijing Sinobo Guoan Estádio Algarve, Algarve
13:00 GMT
1 February 2019 Rosenborg 0–2 Slavia Prague Estádio Algarve, Algarve
20:00 GMT
Attendance: 200
4 February 2019 SV Mattersburg 1–4 Norrköping Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
12:00 GMT
4 February 2019 AGF 3–2 Rosenborg Estádio Algarve, Algarve
20:00 GMT
Attendance: 50
6 February 2019 Norrköping 1–1
(1–3 p)		 Farense Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
16:00 GMT


2020 edition

The 2020 edition returned to the two-group format, last seen in 2018.[29]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 FC København 21101014
2 Brøndby IF 21013213
3 FC Astana 21013213
4 Norrköping 201102-22
31 January 2020 Brøndby IF 2–0 Norrköping Estádio Algarve
16:00 GMT Gammelby  34'
Hedlund  66'		 Report Referee: Marcos Brazao
31 January 2020 FC København 1–0 FC Astana Estádio Algarve
20:00 GMT Santos  3' Report Attendance: Carlos Cabral
3 February 2020 Norrköping 0–0 FC København Estádio Municipal de Albufeira
16:00 GMT Report Referee: Joao Bernardo
3 February 2020 FC Astana 2–1 Brøndby IF Estádio Municipal de Albufeira
20:00 GMT Tomasov  29', 45' Report Uhre  45' Referee: Bruno Vieira

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AGF Aarhus 21105325
2 SK Slavia Praha 21106424
3 Vålerenga IF 210134-13
4 BK Häcken 200214-30
1 February AGF Aarhus 3–3
(4–3[30] p)		 SK Slavia Praha Estádio Municipal De Albufeira, Albufeira
13:00 GMT
Referee: José Salema
Penalties
Helenius
Gersbach
Grønbæk
Juelsgård 		Hellebrand
Musa
Boril
Cerv
2 February 2020 BK Häcken 1–2 Vålerenga IF Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
20:00 GMT Referee: Paulo Barradas
4 February 2020 BK Häcken 0–2 AGF Aarhus Estádio Algarve, Algarve
16:00 GMT Links  18'
Helenius  21'		 Referee: Flavio Lima
4 February 2020 Vålerenga 1–3 SK Slavia Praha Estádio Algarve, Algarve
20:00 GMT Referee: André Pereira

Finals
7 February 2020 Brøndby IF 2–0[31] SK Slavia Praha Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
10:00 GMT
8 February 2018 FC Astana 1–2[32] BK Häcken TBC
15:00 GMT
7 February 2018 Norrköping 1–2[33] Vålerenga Estádio da Nora, Albufeira
20:00 GMT
7 February 2018 Tournament Final FC København 0–1[34] AGF Aarhus Estádio Algarve
15:00 GMT

Performance

By team
Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
AGF2–2018, 2020
F.C. Copenhagen1120142020
IF Elfsborg1–2011–
FC Midtjylland1–2012–
SK Rapid Wien1–2013–
FC Dynamo Moscow1–2015–
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg1–2016–
HNK Rijeka1–2017–
Red Bull Salzburg1–2019–
Örebro SK–3–2014, 2015, 2016
FK Jablonec–3–2017, 2018, 2019
Odense BK–1–2011
GNK Dinamo Zagreb–1–2012
Silkeborg IF–1–2013

By country
Country Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
 Denmark432012, 2014, 2018, 20202011, 2013, 2020
 Russia2–2015, 2016–
 Austria2–2013, 2019–
 Sweden1320112014, 2015, 2016
 Croatia1120172012
 Czech Republic–3–2017, 2018, 2019

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